PS4 revealed as best-selling UK console of 2013

Sony’s PlayStation 4 was the best-selling UK console of 2013, it has been announced. The console sold 530,000 units in the UK, and a total of 4.2m units worldwide.

Surprisingly the second best-selling console wasn’t Microsoft’s Xbox One, but it’s predecessor the Xbox 360, despite Microsoft’s eighth-generation console launching a week before Sony’s in November of this year. Sony released a statement earlier this week saying that the early lead over the Xbox “was not a big deal”.

Speaking of the announcement, Sony Managing Director Fergal Gara had to say:

“We are delighted with the very strong sales of PS4 to date… I’d like to thank the gamers, our retail and publishing partners who played a big part in making this success possible.”

Overall the best-selling gaming device of the year was Nintendo’s 3DS. Despite not being able to boast the same capabilities of the big consoles, 2013 saw the release of some strong titles for the 3DS, and the release of the budget 2DS helped to push Nintendo’s device to the top spot.